Installing the Toolkit

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1 Installing the Toolkit The Toolkit is an ArcGIS Add-in that is compatible with ArcGIS 10.0 and above. Please see the Toolkit website ( for previous versions compatible with ArcGIS 9.3 and below (versions 3.2 and 4.1 of the Toolkit are not recommended). What are the computing requirements to install and use the TEUI Geospatial Toolkit? Windows XP or Windows 7 operating system ArcGIS 10.0 and above ArcGIS Spatial Analyst Extension At least 4 GB RAM space to run the TEUI Geospatial Toolkit Statistics. More memory may be needed depending on the project size. How do I download the Toolkit ArcGIS Add-In? The TEUI Toolkit ArcGIS Add-In for ArcGIS 10.0 and above can be downloaded from the following web address: The Toolkit can be used within the Forest Service Enterprise GIS Citrix environment. However, the Toolkit can NOT be used with ArcSDE connections at this time. GTAC Installing and Updating the Toolkit December

2 Contents A. Install the toolkit ArcGIS Add-In... 3 B. Load the Toolkit in Citrix... 4 C. Load the Toolkit Toolbar in ArcMap... 6 D. Set directories for the Toolkit in Citrix... 6 E. Check the toolkit version and setting processing and memory parameters... 8 F. Set the temporary working directory... 9 Installing and Updating the Toolkit 2

3 A. Install the toolkit ArcGIS Add-In 1. First, be sure that ArcMap is not open or running. Also, remove any previous versions of the TEUI Toolkit installed on your PC by using the Add-In manager in ArcMap (Customize Add-In Manager). Under My Add-Ins click TEUI.Addin then click Delete this Add-In. You can also use the Control Panel in Windows to delete the Add-In. 2. On the TEUI Toolkit website Downloads tab (see below), click on the Download button next to the version you would like to download and save it to a location of your choice. 3. Once the download is complete, navigate to the location of the saved Add-In, unzip the folder using a compatible utility (e.g. 7-zip, Winzip, etc.) and double click on the Toolkit Add-In. In order to install the Add-In, ArcMap must not be open or running. 4. When prompted, select Install Add-In (see below). Installing and Updating the Toolkit 3

4 5. Click OK once the installation has succeeded. B. Load the Toolkit in Citrix Ignore this section if you have ArcGIS on your desktop 1. In ArcMap, select Customize Add-In Manager from the top menu bar. 2. Select the Options tab in the Add-In Manager dialog. 3. In the Options window, select Add Folder.(see below) Installing and Updating the Toolkit 4

5 4. In the Browse For Folder dialog, enter: T:\FS\Reference\GeoTool\wo_nfs_rsac\RSACTools\TEUI\Software\TEUI\live in the bottom Folder space and click OK. (see below). 5. You should now see the address listed in the Search for additional Add-Ins window (see below). 6. Click once on the TEUI Add-In (see below). Installing and Updating the Toolkit 5

6 7. Click Close when finished. If you double-click the Add-In and the computer tries to open it with Adobe or a program besides ArcGIS that means you don t have ArcGIS installed on your local desktop computer. If so, follow the instructions below about how to load the Toolkit in Citrix. C. Load the Toolkit Toolbar in ArcMap Once you have installed the Toolkit, you may have to activate it for it to appear on your screen in ArcMap. 1. Start ArcMap. 2. Click on Customize Toolbars and click on TEUI. The Toolkit Toolbar should appear on your screen (see below). 3. Drag and drop the toolbar to a location of your choice. D. Set directories for the Toolkit in Citrix Ignore this section if you have ArcGIS on your desktop. If you need a refresher on how to work with ArcGIS in Citrix, please refer to this training video: 1. Make sure the Workspace paths in ArcGIS do not have any spaces between characters. i. On the ArcGIS main menu, click Geoprocessing Environments Workspace. Installing and Updating the Toolkit 6

7 ii. Notice default location example below which has a space in the path section My Documents. iii. If the Current and Scratch Workspace path has any spaces between characters, change the path to one that doesn t. The path should also go to a directory where the disk space quota is large enough for what you are working on (see below). 2. Using ArcCatalog or Windows Explorer within Citrix, make a project folder for toolkit statistics in a preferably a local forest\region project folder or in T:\datacenter\citrix\AppDataXX\<username>\ directory. 3. Using ArcCatalog or Windows Explorer within Citrix, make a temporary processing folder (must be separate from the project folder, and not within the project folder) preferably a local forest\region project folder or in T:\datacenter\citrix\AppDataXX\<username>\ directory. The Toolkit can t automatically set this in the Citrix environment as we do in the desktop environment so it is up to the user to select an appropriate location for the temporary folder. 4. Click on the sprocket (TEUI Properties button) on the right end of the Toolkit Toolbar (see below). 5. In the TEUI Properties dialog, click on the blank Temp Directory field. Set this path to the temp directory created in Step 3 above. Note: Temp directory is initially blank because it isn t automatically set by the program in Citrix (see below). Installing and Updating the Toolkit 7

8 E. Check the toolkit version and setting processing and memory parameters 1. If the Properties Dialog is not already open, click on the sprocket (TEUI Properties button) near the right end of the Toolkit Toolbar (outlined in red below). 2. The Toolkit version that is currently installed is shown at the very top of the dialog box (see below). 3. Users can modify the Max Objects in Cache parameter which is a dynamically scaled value that depends on how much memory the Toolkit application is using. Users can use this value to limit the amount of memory the application is using. (Changing this value is not recommended). Installing and Updating the Toolkit 8

9 4. Users can also modify the Block Size parameter to control how much memory can be used by the program (see below). A larger block size speeds up processing, but requires more memory. (Changing this value is not recommended). If the toolkit doesn t seem to be updating, try clearing the add-in cache on your local machine. Go to C:\Users\user name\appdata\local\esri\desktop10.x\assemblycache. In the AssemblyCache folder will be a folder for each add-in ArcMap has loaded. The folders are named with a long alpha-numeric that won't make any sense, but if you click into these folders you will see.dll,.pdb, and.xml files that have the same name as the add in. Delete the folder within the AssemblyCache folder that holds the addin you want to be updated properly, and restart ArcMap. Note that a few of these folders you need to click through are hidden, so you'll have to make sure you can see hidden folders. F. Set the temporary working directory 1. If the Properties Dialog is not already open, click on the sprocket (TEUI Properties button). 2. The toolkit will automatically set the Temporary working directory but you can modify it. Your temporary directory should not be located in your project folder (see below). If you are working in Citrix, make sure you follow steps D 3-5 of this document. Installing and Updating the Toolkit 9

10 3. Click anywhere in the Temp directory entry space and a navigation pane will open. Navigate to the directory (folder) of your choice and click Ok (see below). Installing and Updating the Toolkit 10